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Westerly Creek Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

8800 East 28th Ave

Denver CO, 80238, Denver County

Phone: 720-424-3160

Ranking:

(315 out of 1,246, top 25%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Denver County School District 1

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	41		38		32		36		20		13		9
Total Students:	706		666		604		588		369		271		189
Prekindergarten:	70	9.9%	73	11.0%	75	12.4%	110	18.7%	79	21.4%	82	30.3%	77	40.7%
Kindergarten:	94	13.3%	97	14.6%	93	15.4%	130	22.1%	95	25.7%	60	22.1%	63	33.3%
Grade 1:	100	14.2%	97	14.6%	85	14.1%	110	18.7%	75	20.3%	77	28.4%	49	25.9%
Grade 2:	109	15.4%	85	12.8%	99	16.4%	97	16.5%	68	18.4%	52	19.2%	0	0.0%
Grade 3:	104	14.7%	110	16.5%	102	16.9%	82	13.9%	52	14.1%	NA	NA	0	0.0%
Grade 4:	114	16.1%	107	16.1%	90	14.9%	56	9.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	0	0.0%
Grade 5:	115	16.3%	97	14.6%	60	9.9%	3	0.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	0	0.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	359	50.8%	336	50.5%	297	49.2%	293	49.8%	172	46.6%	127	46.9%	82	43.4%
Female:	347	49.2%	330	49.5%	307	50.8%	295	50.2%	189	51.2%	136	50.2%	103	54.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	24	3.4%	23	3.5%	24	4.0%	23	3.9%	27	7.3%	18	6.6%	11	5.8%
Hispanic:	87	12.3%	87	13.1%	76	12.6%	73	12.4%	27	7.3%	20	7.4%	14	7.4%
Black:	65	9.2%	70	10.5%	59	9.8%	64	10.9%	22	6.0%	11	4.1%	7	3.7%
White:	490	69.4%	449	67.4%	416	68.9%	403	68.5%	293	79.4%	222	81.9%	157	83.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	39	5.5%	34	5.1%	27	4.5%	22	3.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	98	13.9%	99	14.9%	101	16.7%	83	14.1%	22	6.0%	14	5.2%	4	2.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	12	1.7%	8	1.2%	13	2.2%	11	1.9%	2	0.5%	1	0.4%	1	0.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.43		17.62		19.02		16.53		18.45		20.80		21.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71	46	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69	46	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	46	68
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	91	52	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89	51	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	65	52	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	50	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	51	71
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89	50	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	55	73
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	34	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	29	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	65	33	55
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	34	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	65	36	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	47	43	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	47	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	50	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	87	54	71
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	47	39	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	43	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	53	40	64
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	79	44	66
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	42	29	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	52	26	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	42	27	49
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	38	56
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	44	41	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	45	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	44	65
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	45	44	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	47	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	45	68
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	28	17	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	24	18	41
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	34	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	45	36	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	35	57
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	36	34	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	41	40	60
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	45	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	51	45	71
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	41	35	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	41	38	60
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	56	29	51
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	80	40	66
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	75	38	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85.2	54.1	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94.5	59.3	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85.2	59.0	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88.2	60.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70.5	42.1	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76.4	39.9	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	82.8	55.7	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	86.0	58.3	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	83.9	49.4	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	86.9	52.1	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	71.2	35.5	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	73.8	41.6	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	82.2	49.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	84.2	51.9	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	82.2	51.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89.4	55.3	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	75.0	29.4	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	67.4	31.4	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	75.0	44.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	81.1	44.9	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	16.7%	50.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	83.3%	50.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	29.2%	57.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	70.8%	42.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$50,347.0	$41,481.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$39,778.0	$33,648.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$54,698.0	$51,925.0

* Westerly Creek Elementary Primary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.